Atlas of global development / / International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961318603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Glasgow, United Kingdom : , : Collins Bartholomew, , [2013]; 2013
• ISBN: 9780821397589; 0821397583
• Edizione: [4th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; ; 25 cm
• Disciplina: 330.90021
• Soggetti: Gross national product; Population; Economic indicators; Social indicators; Environmental indicators; Economic development; Atlases.; Developing countries Statistics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale cartografico a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A visual guide to the world's greatest challenges."--Subtitle from cover.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Guide to the online atlas -- Classification of economies -- The Millennium Development Goals -- Rich and poor -- Measuring income -- Growth and opportunity -- Where is the wealth of nations? -- How poor is poor? -- People -- Population growth and transition -- Education -- Children at work -- Education opens doors -- Gender -- Gender equality and development -- Health -- Children under 5-struggling to survive -- Improving the health of mothers -- Communicable diseases -- Economy -- Structure of the world economy -- Governance -- Infrastructure for development -- Investment for growth -- The integrating world -- People on the move -- Aid for development -- External debt -- Environment -- The urban environment -- Feeding a ; growing world -- A thirsty planet gets thirstier -- Protecting forests -- Energy security and climate change -- Statistics -- Key indicators of development -- Ranking of economies by GNI per capita -- Definitions, sources, notes, and abbreviations -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED Published in association with Harper Collins, the completely revised and updated fourth edition of the Atlas of Global Development is a comprehensive guide to the most critical issues facing our changing world today. A visual guide to global issues - easy-to-read graphical presentation with every topic presented by colorful world maps, tables, graphs, and photographs Topics that are shaping our world - key development indicators, from poverty, population growth, and food production to climate change, foreign direct investment, and international trade The latest, authoritative statistics - from the World Bank's World Development Indicators database The Atlas comes with an interactive companion online atlas, the new World Bank e-Atlas of Global Development, and new to this edition, a companion mobile app. 'This is an excellent, up-to-date source book which will be invaluable for students of, and staff teaching, higher levels of geography.... a clear, concise, easily-accessible and well-illustrated volume.' - Geographical Association, United Kingdom